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2013-01-29T13:44:00-07:00

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On the Importance of the Evening Meal

Last updated on: January 29, 2013 at 1:44 pm By Tim Suttle

When Kristin and I decided we were ready to have children, we made a few of crucial decisions I’ve never regretted. One of the best is establishment of the the evening meal as sacrosanct. From the time our kids were old enough to sit in a high chair, even before then, we started the family meal at six o’clock every evening. We’ve been going now for almost ten years now, only missing on rare occasions when one of us is... Read more

2013-01-28T09:11:17-07:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: January 28, 2013 at 9:11 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I’m working at my favorite Panera this morning and I’m sitting next to two colleagues who are talking very loudly. At first I was judging them for being loud enough that all the people around me keep shooting them looks, to which they seem either oblivious or indifferent. I confess that have now stopped judging them for talking loudly and have become fascinated by their conversation. They work for one of the big tobacco companies and they are talking... Read more

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2013-01-25T08:16:31-07:00

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Facebook Focus Group – Your Friday Funny

Last updated on: January 25, 2013 at 8:16 am By Tim Suttle

When you spend time on Facebook, you have to take the good with the bad. If you have ever wondered where the bad came from, maybe it was from this focus group. Read more

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2013-01-24T10:02:56-07:00

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Best Parental Advice Ever: “You Cannot Be Anything You Want to Be When You Grow Up”

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 at 10:02 am By Tim Suttle

I think one of the cruelest things we tell our children is that they can be anything they want to be when they grow up. That speech pattern arises from a people who are more defined by radical individualism than the gospel. To tell our children they can do anything they want to do, be anything they want to be, is built upon the assumption that their lives belong to them. Yet, one of the most basic Christian beliefs is... Read more

2013-01-23T09:49:22-07:00

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You Have to Learn How To Die If You Want to Be Alive

Last updated on: January 23, 2013 at 9:49 am By Tim Suttle

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.” Matthew 16:25 This song is one of my all time favorite versions of Jesus’s straight up command that we have to lose to win, we have to die to live. What makes it so powerful is that Tweedy – who is not a preacher but a rock and roll star – seems to intuit the fact that dying to ourselves... Read more

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2013-01-22T12:02:04-07:00

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Two Simple Changes that Would Drastically Improve Government

Last updated on: January 22, 2013 at 12:02 pm By Tim Suttle

There are two simple steps our nation’s representatives could take which would drastically change for the better the way the U.S. Government works. These two steps would curtail some of the paralyzing gridlock, force the governing process out into the open, and require ideas, legislation, and politicians to stand on the merits of their arguments. The two steps are: 1) End the Senate Filibuster and Anonymous Hold; 2) Ban Corporate Political Donations. End the Filibuster and Anonymous Holds – The... Read more

2013-01-22T10:22:45-07:00

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Work as Mission: Vocation and Learning What to Count

Last updated on: January 22, 2013 at 10:22 am By Tim Suttle

Most of us will spend somewhere around 65% of our waking hours working. If work is not seen as a holy thing, if work is not counted as an essential aspect of our contribution to the mission of God, then no wonder our work isn’t fulfilling. No wonder it feels like toil. Work is one of the most significant ways a human being can participate in the mission of God. Churches do a great disservice to their congregations when they... Read more

2013-01-21T08:38:55-07:00

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Monday Morning Confessional: For The Hope Center & MLK Jr.

Last updated on: January 21, 2013 at 8:38 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that when I was young many adults in my little world held MLK in deep suspicion. He was not considered a great man by them. I often heard statements like, “Once the FBI files on MLK are opened, the world will really see what he was like. And they won’t be celebrating him so much.” I confess that I believe this was rooted in racism. I confess that I have never suffered for anything the way MLK suffered... Read more

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2019-11-06T13:51:24-07:00

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Ten Great Words You Should Know and Use

Last updated on: November 6, 2019 at 1:51 pm By Tim Suttle

I am an unabashed logophile (n. – lover of words). The English language is a tough one to master even for those of us who have been using it our whole life. For some this is merely frustrating. For others her idiosyncrasies make English fascinating and multifarious (adj. – ‘to having many parts; diverse and varied’). And yet the typical person in our culture uses only a scintilla (n. – a small fraction; a minute particle or trace) of this resplendent (adj.... Read more

2013-01-18T07:02:21-07:00

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Harvard Sailing Team’s Version of the “Liberal Cause” – a little Friday Funny

Last updated on: January 18, 2013 at 7:02 am By Tim Suttle

The “liberal cause” is a pejorative colloquialism meant to signify an attempt to assist a person, group, or issue for whom those who are not liberal, or just don’t go in for causes, would consider helping to be silly, sentimental, or even morally wrong. Labeling things a “Liberal Cause” is something folks like Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh do constantly. Liberal Causes are things that Matt Damon and George Clooney support. I’ve always disliked the phrase because I do not consider myself... Read more

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